Scientists pursued the idea of implanting tiny electronic hearing devices in the inner ear to help profoundly deaf people. An alternative that promised superior results was implanting a device directly in the auditory nerve.
Now, however, scientists have shown in animals that its possible ...

...ants have already been performed. The U.S. trial and gaining FDA approval took until the end of 2008. Now, over 20 years later, Stone has the joy of implanting his device in his own patients.
"We have become very skilled at complete replacement of the meniscus cartilage with allograft menisci, even in...

...ting specialists. These marketing specialists will be responsible for the focused execution of the educational programs at the surgeon level to teach implanting techniques and effectively differentiate MagniFuse as a procedure-specific biologic, initially focusing on the spine. We believe that this investment...

...ting specialists. These marketing specialists will be responsible for the focused execution of the educational programs at the surgeon level to teach implanting techniques and effectively differentiate MagniFuse as a procedure-specific biologic, initially focusing on the spine. We believe that this investment...

... a male partner or do not wish to use donor sperm.
Other researchers have experimented with freezing entire ovaries or strips of ovarian tissue and implanting them in a woman's body once she is ready to have children. But for cancer patients, it is possible that cancer cells may be present in the ovarian tis...

...red investigational by the FDA in the United States.
Traditional restorative techniques involve removing a cartilage donor plug from the knee and implanting it over the ankle injury, or "lesion." This requires an operation on the knee and cutting the bone (osteotomy) of the tibia to accommodate the graft. ...

...s thought to be functionally equivalent to creating a lesion on the brain, but with the advantage of being adjustable and reversible.
"It is like implanting a pacemaker for the brain," says Dr. Lee. The patient is awake during deep brain stimulation surgery while a neurosurgeon implants the electrodes. Pat...

...ts demand more reliable, longer-lasting prostheses less prone to wear. The impact of the Leeds research is felt on a daily basis both by the surgeons implanting these new products, and the patients who are being given more active, more comfortable lives. 100,000 patients have been given knee replacements and 1...

...must replay experiences like video clips before they are transformed from short-term into long-term memories."
Researchers tested their theories by implanting electrodes in the brains of mice that were fed a special diet to disrupt their trisynaptic circuits. These circuits, found in the hippocampus, are now...

...r blockages. There also are better medical procedures available, with more doctors becoming skilled at performing angioplasty and bypass surgeries and implanting stents to open blocked arteries.
But Myerson thinks people also might be having less-severe heart attacks because of treatment they've been getting...

...thought to be functionally equivalent to creating a lesion on the brain, but with the advantage of being adjustable and reversible.
"It is like implanting a pacemaker for the brain," says Dr. Lee. The patient is awake during deep brain stimulation surgery while a neurosurgeon implants the electrodes. Pat...

....D., Ph.D., Chairperson and Chief Medical Officer, Terumo Heart, Inc. "The implanting of the 100th patient is an exciting point along the road to bringing this important, next-generation technology to the global market, and the implanting of three devices in such a short period gives testimony to its benefit and ...

...with
the PEEK design as it will enable better radiographic follow-up and allow
me to monitor both the decompression and the adjacent anatomy."
After implanting the first FLEXUS(TM) device, Dr. Rhett Murray, a
neurosurgeon of The Spine and Neurosurgery Center in Huntsville, Ala.,
said, "The surgical technique ...

....
The therapy has become common enough that hospitals can now apply for
accreditation as certified VAD centers, an indication of their experience
in implanting the devices and taking care of patients before and after they
receive their device. This spring, U-M became one of the first few such
accredited VAD c...

...akes to treat an aneurysm is
always a major goal when working in the brain. implanting Neucrylate takes
a lot less time than implanting coils. Neucrylate also fills the aneurysm
compared to coils which only fill...

...rticipate in the clinical trial. Our hope is to add about 40 new
centers during the balance of the year, which would bring the total number
of centers implanting the HeartMate II to approximately 80 centers.
"The foundation of this effort is a strong training program and support
materials that provide best pr...

...tudied as an alternative to a standard therapy called microfracture. Dr.
Brad Nelson, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Principal Investigator for TRIA, will
be implanting this engineered tissue matrix for a select number of
patients.
Histogenics Corporation, makers of NeoCart(R), successfully completed
Phase I of the ...

...n, manufacturing and trial
processes with an eye on long-term success," said Myocor CEO, Jim Hickey.
"We have been fortunate to have the experience of implanting over 120
Coapsys devices worldwide, the dedication of a talented group of employees
and clinicians who believe in our therapy, and the backing of a st...

...com) today
announced that it provided research support and pre-clinical
studies for a clinical trial to assess the safety, feasibility and
efficacy of implanting autologous bone marrow stem cells into
spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.
Dr. Luis Geffner presented a preliminary report at the 13th
Annual Meeting ...

Description:... The design and concept of the Alpina knee allows the choice of implanting a PCL retaining or a posterior stabilized prosthesis intraoperatively, right up until the definitive implants are to be put in place....Company:Biomet Orthopedics, Inc

Description:...he Medtronic Model 10626 Epicardial Lead Implant Tool, which has been cleared for marketing in the United States, will expand the options available to implanting physicians who place the Medtronic Model 5071 lead on the heart during pacemaker implants. The tool furthers the trend moving away from invasive stern...Company:Medtronic Inc.

Description:... Facilitates grasping and implanting the haptic loop beneath the pupil margin and within the capsular bag without wrist twisting. Angled 45 degree 11 mm long jaws are placed in the same v...Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Features:...ives the option of using either approach during the procedure to ensure a successful implant
Back-loading or front-loading capability - Gives the implanting physician the option to use whichever approach is most appropriate
Composite lead body and conductors - Provides pushability and torqueability to...Company:St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Features:...d also provide lower infection rates.
Reduced surgical time: Our current experience shows surgical time to be 1 hours, about one-half the time of implanting pulsatile devices.
Cost: The MicroMed DeBakey VAD is projected to be 1/3 less expensive than currently marketed pulsatile VADs, making the process...Company:Micromed s.r.l.

Features:...ence and well documented results. Compatible with Centerpulse Orthopedics Converge Acetabular System. The Alloclassic stem is an excellent choice when implanting innovative new technologies such as Metasul metal-on-metal acetabular inserts, as well as Durasul highly cross-linked polyethylene acetabular inserts....Company:Zimmer, Inc.

... (Benign Tumors Of The ... Uterine fibroids are the most common pelvic tumor. ... In some cases, fibroids may prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine lining. ... Lists news, web sites, clinical trials, and other information related to fibroids . A gynecologist explains dia...

... A pancreas transplant is an organ transplant that involves implanting a healthy pancreas into a person who usually has diabetes. Because the pancreas is a vital organ, performing functions necessary in the digestion...

...of 2008, according to a joint study between PNNL and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Portland District.
The information was gathered by surgically implanting 4,140 young salmon with a tag that's part of the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS). The JSATS-tagged fish were released from the Lower...

... it into the field to check for bolts that are vibrating loose or degrading through exposure to the elements. "If we're successful, this could lead to implanting permanent, inexpensive accelerometers that could monitor joints continuously," says Guarino.
The talk "Acoustic detection of bolt detorquing in str...

...ic prosthesis technique are under way.
The procedure involves surgically implanting a feedback-controlled three-electrode electrolysis system that stimulates p...aum said.
By using three electrodes and a feedback loop made possible by implanting a "ground" electrode behind the patient's ear, the research team is able to...

...orescent dyes revealed the nerve cell alignment along the tubes.
The work was done using cell cultures in petri dishes, but ongoing work focuses on implanting the scaffolds in animals.
The method for creating the scaffolds is relatively simple and inexpensive and does not require elaborate laboratory equi...

...tic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and hemophilia, gene therapy involves implanting a normal gene to compensate for a defective gene in the patient. The first ...ock the actions of this protein?
Gene therapy provided the answer.
By implanting a gene in the affected joint, he was able to stimulate production of a huma...

...-surface protein called alpha-3 integrin, which is overexpressed on cancer cells.
They also tested the molecule's ability to target brain cancer by implanting human glioblastoma cells both beneath the skin and in the brains of mice. The researchers injected the mice with a radiolabeled version of LXY1 and, u...

...t professor of veterinary clinical sciences at Iowa State's College of Veterinary Medicine, is working with a drug manufacturer to develop a method of implanting biodegradable medicine into the tissue surrounding a dog's eyes. The medicine releases gradually and treats the infected eye for an entire year.
Th...

...r the animals for the development of tumors or immune reactions, as well as changes in their parkinsonian signs.
Dr. Zhang and Dr. Emborg hope that implanting the transformed cells back into the monkeys from whom they were originally taken will replace the dopamine neurons missing and damaged by Parkinson's ...

...xperiments, 30 to 70 percent less cancer cells treated with vitamin C were killed depending on the drug tested.
They then checked these findings by implanting the cancer cells into mice, and again found that, in an animal model system, while chemotherapy kept untreated cancer in check, tumors grew more rapid...

...ulation therapy. This type of therapy increasingly shows promise for diseases ranging from epilepsy to depression to chronic leg and back pain.
By implanting electronic nerve stimulators, doctors elsewhere have provided a quadriplegic patient with the ability to move a computer cursor at will, and monkeys h...

...Post-Penetrating Keratoplasty Astigmatism," Dr. Davidorf found that virtually all corneal transplant patients have significant astigmatism and by implanting a toric intraocular lens to correct the astigmatism the patients have a chance for better uncorrected vision. His second study "Predictability o...

...tions for future refractive technological advances both within the United States and Germany. Currently, he is a lead investigator for Revision Optics implanting the Anamed lens for farsightedness; a consultant for Carl Zeiss and their MEL 80 excimer laser, Visumax femtosecond laser, Zeiss anterior chamber scan...

...ked the U.S. Government website (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov )
and found for herself a list of over 2000 clinical trials, most of which
are already implanting adult stem cells into humans for specific diseases
such as cancer, heart, diabetes and others. She most likely saw that
embryonic stem cell clinical t...

...nd bioengineers, led design of the mini-stent developed its
current microfabrication process in Galway; and devised the complex
surgical procedure for implanting the stent. Its scientific team
contributes cutting edge expertise in cardiovascular medicine and molecular
biology derived from ongoing, active resear...

... medicine, the Einstein Liver Center is conducting pioneering research to cure liver diseases and inherited disorders such as hemophilia by implanting cells that will multiply and restore patients' damaged or diseased organs or tissues.
-- With some 20 of its scientists studying epigenomics, Ei...

... company's first US knee device, the
Patello-Femoral HemiCAP(R), grew 237% year on year. "We have found that
within the first year of clinical launch, implanting surgeons closely
monitor patient progress and, once they have confirmed positive results,
sales begin to rise significantly. An excellent example of t...

...ctive cloning, Doyle would have signed it in a nanosecond. Other than a tiny number of weird scientists, its hard to find anyone who likes the idea of implanting a cloned embryo into a womans womb, risking not only the health of the mother but almost certainly producing babies with birth defects. Those were sid...

... which will prohibit any entity from requiring an individual to undergo the implanting of a microchip, was signed into law by Gov. Doyle. Violators face fines of ...utlawing forced implantation, AB 290 contains exemptions in cases where the implanting is a condition of criminal sentencing, or if a parent directs implantation ...

... (as of Nov. 2004). This treatment is expected to initially work through taking stem cells from existing follicles, multiplying them in cultures, and implanting the new follicles into the scalp. Later treatments may be able to simply signal follicle stem cells to give off chemical signals to nearby follicle ce...

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